In the gloom that hung over the financial world in late 2008, it would have been difficult to imagine U.S. stocks were poised to embark on their longest bull run in history. Those bold enough to brave the headwinds have been rewarded with dizzying returns, particularly in technology stocks. The bursting of the dot-com bubble was still a fresh memory at the time and many of today’s tech behemoths were still finding their way. Apple had released its first iPhone a little more than a year earlier and Facebook was still a private...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 01, 2018 03:56 UTC